Kenji Morozumi (chief of team development) is scouting the players at Ginoza, Okinawa while Naoki Matsumoto (team development scouting supervisor) and Yukihito Sato (team development) are checking the players at Aki, Kochi.

Morozumi spent some time checking on some players in the bullpen (when pitchers like Shinobu Fukuhara, Kazuya Tsutsui, and Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi were tossing sessions) and also watched situational BP at the main field. Matsumoto and Sato were around to watch pitchers like Naohisa Sugiyama, Hirotaka Egusa, and Takumi Akiayama. They also saw players like Keisuke Kano and Ikuro Katsuragi take BP.

The three are scheduled to continue their watch today. The team is apparently hoping to begin finalizing their decision around the 20th.